SCERS WEBSITE HANDBOOK YOUR SCERS BOARD - Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System (SCERS)

The SCERS Board of Retirement is responsible for managing SCERS assets and administering the basic benefits provided by the 1937 Act, as well as all of the optional provisions adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The powers and duties of the Board of Retirement are defined in Section 17 of Article XVI of the State Constitution and in the 1937 Act, which begins with Government Code Section 31450. All decisions of the Board of Retirement must be consistent with the provisions of law.

By law, the Board of Retirement consists of nine members and one alternate, one of whom is the County Treasurer, ex-officio. The second and third members are miscellaneous members of SCERS, elected by miscellaneous members. The fourth, fifth, sixth and ninth members are qualified electors of the County who are not connected with the County government in any capacity (except one may be a member of the Board of Supervisors), and are appointed by the Board of Supervisors. The seventh member is a safety member of SCERS who is elected by the safety members. The eighth member is a retired member elected by the retired members. The alternate member is that safety member candidate, if any, for the seventh member seat from the group (either law enforcement or fire suppression), which is not represented by the board member who received the highest number of votes of all safety member candidates.

[In November 1996, the voters of Sacramento County approved Measure C which eliminated the elected position of County Auditor-Controller and the Board of Supervisors’ appointed position of County Treasurer. In place of these two positions, Measure C allowed for a change to the Sacramento County Charter that established the position of County Director of Finance. The person so appointed now serves as ex-officio member of the Board of Retirement.]